Miriam & Gerald Erlick Memorial Scholarship

Offered to a new or currently enrolled student with at least sophomore standing attending full time who was orphaned or raised in foster homes or in another alternative living arrangement without parenting by biological parent(s). This scholarship is intended to support promising students who may be at risk of dropping out of college and who demonstrate financial need. In addition, the applicant should be one or more of the following:

Facing high levels of student loan indebtedness

A first generation student, e.g., a student whose parents did not graduate from a 4 year college or university

Native American

Hispanic/Latino

African American

A parent

Age 24-26 and working to complete his or her degree

Requirements:

Letter of application no longer than two pages. Please speak to the following in your letter of application:

What are you studying and why?

How do you plan to use your degree after you finish Evergreen? ⁭

Statement, no longer than half of one page, outlining how you meet one of the additional criteria set out above.